cer Sets Forth His Hard Lot 162
The Complaint of a Neglected Wife 163
In Praise of a Maiden 164
Discontent 164
Chwang Keang Bemoans Her Husband's Cruelty 165

[_Books IV, V, and VI are omitted_]

BOOK VII. THE ODES OF CH[']ING.
The People's Admiration for Duke Woo 167
A Wife Consoled by Her Husband's Arrival 168
In Praise of Some Lady 168
A Man's Praise of His Wife 169
An Entreaty 169
A Woman Scorning Her Lover 169
A Lady Mourns the Absence of Her Student Lover 170

BOOK VIII. THE ODES OF TS[']E.
A Wife Urging Her Husband to Action 171
The Folly of Useless Effort 172
The Prince of Loo 172

BOOK IX. THE ODES OF WEI.
On the Misgovernment of the State 174
The Mean Husband 175
A Young Soldier on Service 175

BOOK X. THE ODES OF T[']ANG.
The King Goes to War 177
Lament of a Bereaved Person 178
The Drawbacks of Poverty 179
A Wife Mourns for Her Husband 179

BOOK XI. THE ODES OF TS[']IN.
Celebrating the Opulence of the Lords of Ts[']in 181
A Complaint 182
A Wife's Grief Because of Her Husband's Absence 182
Lament for Three Brothers 183
In Praise of a Ruler of Ts[']in 184
The Generous Nephew 185

BOOK XII. THE ODES OF CH[']IN.
The Contentment of a Poor Recluse 186
The Disappointed Lover 186
A Love-Song 187
The Lament of a Lover